north of the islands, bringing gale winds. winds were recorded in Kauai. Additionally, at total of 52 inches (1321 mm) of rain fell over 4 days in Kauai. One person died from Hiki. July 1957: Hurricane Kanoa, after taking a long journey across the eastern Pacific, became a non-tropical circulation a few miles east of Hawaii. The remnants of Kanoa brought welcomed rain. November 1957: Hurricane Nina was a Category 1 hurricane that formed in November south of Hawaii. Nina moved north and took a sharp turn to the west without actually striking the state. Nina's closest approach to land, which was relatively far off the coast, was only about southwest of Kauai. Nina caused about $100,000 damage in Kauai and dropped over of rain in 14 hours. Nina set a record for the highest wind gust ever recorded in Honolulu: . Nina killed four people throughout the islands. August 1958: On August 7, a tropical storm seemed to rapidly appear directly off the coast of Hilo. It moved across the islands, dropping considerable rainfall and causing about $500,000 of damage, before dissipating. August 1959: Hurricane Dot was another powerful August arrival. Dot entered the Central Pacific as a Category 4 hurricane just south of Hawaii. On August 5, Dot seemed to turn more northwest, aiming it directly at Kauai. On the 6th, Dot began weakening, and at its landfall in Kauai, Dot was only a Category 1 hurricane. Despite being greatly weakened, the hurricane brought gusts of over . In some areas of the island, palm trees snapped in half, suggesting winds were locally over . Damages from Dot cost no more than a few million dollars, and rainfall was relatively light; around . No Dot-related deaths were recorded. 1960s September 1963: Tropical Storm Irah crossed the islands as a tropical depression, bringing winds, but caused little damage. August 1966: Hurricane Connie brought heavy rain to Big Island and Maui without making landfall. 1970s August 1970: Tropical Storm Maggie passed just south of the Big Island, dropping nearly of rain. January 1971: Although not having existed in the Central Pacific as a tropical cyclone, the extratropical low that was Tropical Storm Sarah in the West Pacific passed over Hawaii in mid January, causing high winds and heavy rain. July 1971: Hurricane Denise dissipated before reaching Hawaii, but brought beneficial rain of over one inch to dry farms and sugarcane